On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:55:58 Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > > An invisible bar line should really be invisible, but it currently > > > influences spacing, which is bad IMHO. Can you fix this? > > > > How did you make it invisible? Did you use \bar "" > > Yes, following the 1.5.xx instructions. > > > or did you use any of the more general methods described in the > > section on "Invisible Grobs" that's included in the reference manual > > for the 1.4.xx series but for some reason has disappeared in the > > 1.5.xx manual. > > No. I think that `\bar ""' should be fully sufficient -- is there > ever a reason to have an invisible bar which influences spacing? In > case there is I suggest to provide a new macro, say, \invisibleBar > which also sets the necessary properties. > > > Werner
Since s is used for silent rest, and that does not influence spacing, and since an invisible rest which does influence horizontal spacing (and unfortunately also vertical) must be furnished by the user, it would be more consistent to have a silent bar which does not influence spacing, simply because that is less confusing. Somehow the distinction between silent and invisible should be made clear and consistent and as much as possible the same for all relevant grobs. IMHO it would be better if silent rests were called invisible rests and invisible rests with horizontal spacing were called spacing rests, which is the opposite of what is going on now. DaveA ------------------------------------------------------------ Information is not knowledge. Belief is not truth. Indoctrination is not teaching. Tradition is not evidence. David Raleigh Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user